quantitative comparison

collocation in English

meaningsofquantitativeandcomparison

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quantitative
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tə.tɪv/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to numbers ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofquantitativeandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A morequantitativecomparisoncan be made through a comparison of the damping rate.
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Our main focus will be on aquantitativecomparisonbetween the bilingual and the monolingual data.
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In the absence of multiple scattering,quantitativecomparisonbetween experimental images and simulations will be achieved.
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Table 2 provides aquantitativecomparisonof the return volatilities in the data and the model.
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Table 2 presents aquantitativecomparisonof the texts produced by the individual students in the two different modes.
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Forquantitativecomparison, our analyses of experimental and simulated images must infer the same physical coordinates in optical depth of the imploding target.
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However,quantitativecomparisonis required in order to definitely determine whether the spectra are identical to those in the pure solvent.
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Results for the minor components were thought to be too susceptible to analytical error to be of use in aquantitativecomparisonof this kind.
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However, a laser sheet diagnostic and analysis of future experiments will be required to obtain aquantitativecomparison.
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This will then lead to aquantitativecomparisonbetween experiments and simulations.
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Additionally, calibration techniques will be established for gas data analysis of laser sheet images forquantitativecomparisonbetween experimental and code data.
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Unfortunately, aquantitativecomparisonof semi-spontaneous and really spontaneous behaviour is impossible.
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It was not meant to be a direct replacement of it and as such no meaningfulquantitativecomparisoncan be made.
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Censusing and measuring lianas: aquantitativecomparisonof the common methods.
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We shall return to this point in the section onquantitativecomparisonbelow.
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Quantitativecomparisonof algorithms for tracking single fluorescent particles.
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First and foremost, we find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to draw anyquantitativecomparisonand contrast of our results with theirs.
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